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The new academic school year presents an opportunity for learners and parents to create new habits that could make the year a little easier.

Although slightly less crashes and road fatalities were reported in the Northern Cape during the festive season, the battle against excessive speeding and other unsafe behaviour on national roads is far from won.

Parents can adopt strategies to help their Gr. 1 children get through their feelings of change and uncertainty.

Een van die grootste wense van ’n enkelma van Kimberley vir 2023 is dat haar 11-jarige seun sal kan voortgaan met die bywoning van ’n skool in die Diamantstad wat in die onderrig van kinders met spesiale leerbehoeftes spesialiseer.

The new provincial head of the Hawks believes good old-fashioned detection work and a passion for the job, “a calling”, can be very fulfilling for members and instil confidence amongst the people of the Northern Cape.

After a high-speed chase in the Upington area, police confiscated drugs with an estimated value of R356 800 and suspected stolen jewellery amounting to R35 000.

Semigration is creating an influx of skills and purchasing power into smaller towns that are attractive for relocation, and towns with aging populations are seeing an influx of younger families – even in the Northern Cape.

“Eer jou vader en jou moeder en jou dae sal verleng word,” sê ouma Katriena Green van Raaswater naby Upington nadat sy op 10 Januarie 114 jaar oud geword het.

Vier mense is Vrydag (13/01) dood en nog agt matig tot ernstig beseer toe ’n motor op die R380-pad tussen Deben en Kathu glo teen ’n hoë spoed reg van voor teen ’n bakkie gebots het.